Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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