Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different 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 optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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