Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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