Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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