Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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