Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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