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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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