Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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