Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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