Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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