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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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