Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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