Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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