Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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