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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology