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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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