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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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