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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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