Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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