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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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