Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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