Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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