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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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