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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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