Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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