Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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