Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Egypt to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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