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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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