Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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