Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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