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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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