Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually 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 e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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