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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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