Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOC Massively Open Online Course