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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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