Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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