Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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