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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology