Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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