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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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