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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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