Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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