Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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