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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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