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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines 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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