Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Online Courses