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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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