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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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