Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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