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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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