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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs