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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)