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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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