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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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