Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)