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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Video