Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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