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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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