Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

E-learning Theory