Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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