Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)