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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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