Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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