Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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