Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally 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 lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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