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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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