Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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