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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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