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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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