Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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