Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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