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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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