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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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