Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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