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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources Policy