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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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