Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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