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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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