Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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