Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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