Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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