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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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