Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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