Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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