Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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