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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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