Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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