Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition