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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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