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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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