Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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