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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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