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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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