Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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