Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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