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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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