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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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