Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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