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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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