Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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