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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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