Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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