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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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