Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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