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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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