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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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