Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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