Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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