Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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