Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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