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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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