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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education