Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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