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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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