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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)