Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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