Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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