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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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