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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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