Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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