Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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