Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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