Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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