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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Learning