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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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