Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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