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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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