Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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