Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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