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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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