Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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