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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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