Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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