Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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