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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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