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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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