Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs Book