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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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