Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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