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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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