Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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