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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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