Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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