Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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