Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers 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? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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