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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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