Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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