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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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