Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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