Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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