Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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