Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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