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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Program