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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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