Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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