Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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