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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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