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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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