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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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