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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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