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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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