Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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