Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Digital Teaching Platform