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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)