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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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