Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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