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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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