Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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