Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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