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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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