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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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