Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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