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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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