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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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