Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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