Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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