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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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