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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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