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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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