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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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