Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)