Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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