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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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