Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the 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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