Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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