Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning