Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)