Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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