Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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