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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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