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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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