Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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