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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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