Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Practices