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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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