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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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