Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design