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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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