Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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