Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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