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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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