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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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