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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major 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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