Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology