Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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