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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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