Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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