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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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