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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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