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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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