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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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