Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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