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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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