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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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