Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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