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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the 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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