Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy