Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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