Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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