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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Educational Journals