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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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