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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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