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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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