Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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