Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs