Find out 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 and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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