Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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