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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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