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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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