Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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