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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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