Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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