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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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