Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)