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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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