Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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