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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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