Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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