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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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