Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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