Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Book About Open Education