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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (moocs)