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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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