Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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