Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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