Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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