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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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