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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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