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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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