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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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