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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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