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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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