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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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