Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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