Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Digital Teaching Platform