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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Online Education