Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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