Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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