Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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