Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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