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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators 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 assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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