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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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