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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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