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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always 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 topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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