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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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