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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants deal with the problems of low participant motivation and high participant dropout rates?

New historical trends in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about massive open online courses and other forms of open educational resources persist. This appealing new book analyzes the most important instructional ideas associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). For more details please visit this MOOCs Book website.