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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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