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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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