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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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