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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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