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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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