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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses 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 online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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