Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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