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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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