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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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