Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students 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 topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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