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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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