Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Distance Education