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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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