Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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