Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition