Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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