Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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