Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses Pros And Cons