Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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