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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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