Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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