Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

ELearning