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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

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