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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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