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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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