Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always 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 elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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