Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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