Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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