Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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