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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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