Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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