Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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