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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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