Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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