Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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