Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices