Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)