Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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