Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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