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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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