Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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