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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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