Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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