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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education