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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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