Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major 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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