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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the 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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