Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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