Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education