Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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