Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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