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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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