Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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