Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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