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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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