Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs