Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Moocs