Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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