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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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