Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Free Online College Education