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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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