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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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