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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition