Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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