Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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