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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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