Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition