Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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