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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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