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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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