Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course