Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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