Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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