Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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