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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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