Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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