Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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