Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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