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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers 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 original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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