Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Definition