Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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