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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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