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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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