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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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