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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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