Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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