Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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