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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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