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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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