Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take part 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. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources