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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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