Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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