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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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