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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Open Education