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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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