Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses Definition