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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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