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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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