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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Blended Learning