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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education