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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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