Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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