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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition