Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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