Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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