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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational MOOCs