Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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