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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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