Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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