Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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