Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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