Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? 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 Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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