Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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