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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)