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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)