Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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