Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Course University