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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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