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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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