Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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