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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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