Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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