Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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