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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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