Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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