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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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