Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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