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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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