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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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