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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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