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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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