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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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