Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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