Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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