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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy