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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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