Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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