Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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