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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs Definition