Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals