Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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