Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education