Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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