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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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