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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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