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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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