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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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