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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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