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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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