Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Learning