Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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