Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources