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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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