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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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