Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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