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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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