Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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