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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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