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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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