Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Research