Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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