Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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