Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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