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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning