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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates 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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