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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key 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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