Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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