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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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