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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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