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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education