Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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