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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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