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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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