Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers 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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