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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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