Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Education Books