Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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