Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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