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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources