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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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