Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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