Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)