Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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