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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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