Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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