Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCs