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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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