Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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