Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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