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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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