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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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