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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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