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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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