Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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