Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)