Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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