Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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