Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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