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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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