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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Moocs