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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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