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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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