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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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