Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources