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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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