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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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