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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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