Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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