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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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