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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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