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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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