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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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