Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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