Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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