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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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