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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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