Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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