Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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