Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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