Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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