Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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