Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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