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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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