Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning