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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals