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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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