Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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