Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes 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 a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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