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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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