Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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