Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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