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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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