Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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