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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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