Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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