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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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