Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) Program