Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Instructional Design