Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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