Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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