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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers 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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