Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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