Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Video