Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always 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 topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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