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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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