Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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